Jamaica national chess champion, National Master (NM) Duane Rowe, scored 12 wins from 14 games in an impressive simultaneous exhibition against Cambridge University Chess Club (CUCC) members on Saturday, January 27. Rowe lost to Jeremy Shaples and Rich Lee.

NM Rowe, a graduate of the University of the West Indies (UWI), and also a past student of the famous Kingston College (KC), is currently "reading for the Master of Philosophy (M.Phil) in Engineering for Sustainable Development. The programs finishes at the end of September 2007."

Duane Rowe will also be representing CUCC in the 125th Varsity Match against Oxford University on March 10 at the Royal Automobile Club in London. Rowe is slated to play on Board 2 against Woman International Master (WIM) Olena Boytsun. WIM Boytsun was the manager of former world chess champion, GM Ruslan Ponomariov. GM Luke McShane, the number 4 ranked player in England with a FIDE rating of 2615, will play board 1 for Oxford University.